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On June 5, 1981, the Centers for Disease Control CDC, now the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention published in its Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report MMWR that there were five cases&#151;all gay men in Los Angeles&#151;of pneumocystis carinii pneumonia PCP . Two of the men had died.text/html2016-06-07T23:02:03-00:00http://www.windycitytimes.comMatt SimonetteCDPH receives $3 million grant for HIV prevention and care http://windycitymediagroup.com/lgbt/CDPH-receives-3-million-grant-for-HIV-prevention-and-care-/55452.html
Chicago Department of Public Health CDPH , on June 7, announced that it had received a $3 million grant from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention CDC , funds from which will be directed towards local agencies for HIV prevention and treatment efforts for MSM men who have sex with men and transgender persons of color.text/html2016-06-05T19:52:46-00:00http://www.windycitytimes.comObama statement on 35th anniversary of HIV/AIDS in Americahttp://windycitymediagroup.com/lgbt/Obama-statement-on-35th-anniversary-of-HIV-AIDS-in-America/55433.html
On June 5, 1981, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention published a report on what would later be understood as the first documented cases of AIDS. The past 35 years tell a story that bends from uncertainty, fear, and loss toward resilience, innovation, and hope.text/html2016-06-01T22:57:23-00:00http://www.windycitytimes.comCNN's &#34;The Eighties: The Fight Against AIDS&#34; episode airs June 2http://windycitymediagroup.com/lgbt/CNNs-The-Eighties-The-Fight-Against-AIDS-episode-airs-June-2/55421.html
This week's episode of the CNN Original Series The Eighties &#34;The Fight Against AIDS&#34; airs tomorrow, June 2, at 9pm ET/PT and focuses on the pandemic that created a movement and defined a decade. text/html2016-06-01T07:43:51-00:00http://www.windycitytimes.comChicagoan among pharmacists' group's newest officershttp://windycitymediagroup.com/lgbt/Chicagoan-among-pharmacists-groups-newest-officers/55418.html
The American Pharmacists Association APhA announced the election of Nicki L. Hilliard, PharmD, MHSA, BCNP, FAPhA, of Little Rock, Arkansas, as 2017&mdash;2018 APhA president-elect. Hilliard will succeed Nancy A. Alvarez, of Lake Forest, California, to the office of APhA president on March 19, 2018, at the end of the 2018 APhA Annual Meeting & Exposition in Nashville. text/html2016-06-01T07:40:21-00:00http://www.windycitytimes.comMatt Simonette and Gretchen HammondLongtime AIDS activist focuses on criminal-justice systemhttp://windycitymediagroup.com/lgbt/Longtime-AIDS-activist-focuses-on-criminal-justice-system/55416.html
For Megan McLemore, a longtime activist and attorney with the New York-based Human Rights Watch HRW , the HIV epidemic in the United States is being fueled by the epidemic of mass incarceration.text/html2016-05-25T02:12:03-00:00http://www.windycitytimes.comReport: Southern MSM most at risk for HIVhttp://windycitymediagroup.com/lgbt/Report-Southern-MSM-most-at-risk-for-HIV/55366.html
Emory University researchers unveiled a map documenting HIV rates for gay and bisexual men, revealing those individuals are most at risk for becoming infected in various Southern cities.text/html2016-05-22T13:42:26-00:00http://www.windycitytimes.comUN blocks orgs that rep trans people from AIDS meeting http://windycitymediagroup.com/lgbt/UN-blocks-orgs-that-rep-trans-people-from-AIDS-meeting-/55309.html
New York, New York - GMHC released the following statement after a shocking story in The New York Times this week that details the exclusion of 22 nongovernmental organizations from a United Nations global meeting to stop the AIDS epidemic. text/html2016-05-15T22:34:22-00:00http://www.windycitytimes.comMatt SimonetteIncoming Chicago House CEO looks aheadhttp://windycitymediagroup.com/lgbt/Incoming-Chicago-House-CEO-looks-ahead/55261.html
Scott Ammarell says that housing is an issue that he's long been passionate about.text/html2016-05-15T21:15:58-00:00http://www.windycitytimes.comMatt SimonetteClinton meets with HIV/AIDS activistshttp://windycitymediagroup.com/lgbt/Clinton-meets-with-HIV-AIDS-activists/55260.html
Presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, on May 12, met with a coalition of 20 HIV/AIDS leaders and experts, according to a statement. The meeting took place at the Hillary for America campaign headquarters in Brooklyn, New York.text/html2016-05-12T22:55:38-00:00http://www.windycitytimes.comHillary Clinton meets with HIV/AIDS activists http://windycitymediagroup.com/lgbt/Hillary-Clinton-meets-with-HIV-AIDS-activists-/55238.html
Today, Hillary Clinton met with HIV and AIDS experts and advocates representing a diverse coalition of more than 70 leaders and organizations in the community. The meeting took place at the Hillary for America headquarters in Brooklyn, NY, where they discussed Clinton's continued commitment to tackling the epidemic in the U.S. and globally, fighting discrimination against PLHIV and AIDS, and working together with HIV and AIDS experts and advocates to achieve an AIDS-free generation. text/html2016-05-04T12:31:14-00:00http://www.windycitytimes.comAtripla removed from preferred drug list http://windycitymediagroup.com/lgbt/Atripla-removed-from-preferred-drug-list-/55135.html
The AIDS Foundation of Chicago AFC and Howard Brown Health HBH have confirmed that the Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services HFS has removed Atripla from the preferred drug list in an effort to reduce costs.text/html2016-04-27T19:27:10-00:00http://www.windycitytimes.comHIV/AIDS PSA launched by GLAAD and Taylor Foundationhttp://windycitymediagroup.com/lgbt/HIV-AIDS-PSA-launched-by-GLAAD-and-Taylor-Foundation/55075.html
New York, NY &#151; GLAAD has released a Public Service Announcement PSA in partnership with The Elizabeth Taylor AIDS Foundation ETAF . The PSA, produced by Martian Entertainment is meant to push awareness about the fight to end the HIV and AIDS epidemic. See https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sp1P0NL1iqk .text/html2016-04-20T14:20:06-00:00http://www.windycitytimes.comQuigley Directs FDA to Remove Blood Donor Biased Question http://windycitymediagroup.com/lgbt/Quigley-Directs-FDA-to-Remove-Blood-Donor-Biased-Question-/54993.html
WASHINGTON &mdash; Today, U.S. Representative Mike Quigley IL-05 , Vice-Chair of the Congressional LGBT Equality Caucus, successfully included his amendment in the Fiscal Year 2017 Agriculture Appropriations bill instructing the Food and Drug Administration FDA to remove the discriminatory question on sexual orientation from its blood donor questionnaire and replace it with a question that is based on behavioral risk and sound science.text/html2016-04-18T19:59:32-00:00http://www.windycitytimes.comHIV-to-HIV organ transplants performedhttp://windycitymediagroup.com/lgbt/HIV-to-HIV-organ-transplants-performed/54982.html
In what some have called a groundbreaking development, Johns Hopkins University surgeons performed liver and kidney transplants from an HIV-positive donor to HIV-positive recipients.text/html2016-04-15T20:30:10-00:00http://www.windycitytimes.comPOV gets rights for broadcast premiere of 'Memories of a Penitent Heart' on PBShttp://windycitymediagroup.com/lgbt/POV-gets-rights-for-broadcast-premiere-of-Memories-of-a-Penitent-Heart-on-PBS/54943.html
New York, N.Y. &mdash; April 15, 2016 &mdash; POV Point of View , American television's longest-running independent documentary series, has acquired the U.S. broadcast rights to Cecilia Aldarondo's Memories of a Penitent Heart, a co-production of ITVS. The film has its world premiere tonight at the Tribeca Film Festival and will have its national broadcast premiere on POV in 2017 on PBS.text/html2016-04-15T14:25:55-00:00http://www.windycitytimes.comUnited Nations High-Level Meeting on HIV/AIDS coming up, MSMGF lists next steps http://windycitymediagroup.com/lgbt/United-Nations-High-Level-Meeting-on-HIV-AIDS-coming-up-MSMGF-lists-next-steps-/54937.html
MSMGF, The Global Forum and MSM abd HIV, has provided recommendations on several key advocacy entry points to influence the document drafts that will lead up to the High-Level Meeting HLM in June. These include:text/html2016-04-13T09:37:05-00:00http://www.windycitytimes.comCharlsie DeweyMichigan man claims HIV-based discriminationhttp://windycitymediagroup.com/lgbt/Michigan-man-claims-HIV-based-discrimination/54924.html
Corey Rangel believes that, if not for his HIV-positive status, he would not be facing four years of jail time right now.text/html2016-04-06T02:06:17-00:00http://www.windycitytimes.comAffinity offering free HIV testinghttp://windycitymediagroup.com/lgbt/Affinity-offering-free-HIV-testing/54845.html
Affinity Community Services will continue offering free HIV/AIDS testing, taking place at its Hyde Park location on the first and third Wednesday of each month at 1-3 p.m., in collaboration with Center on Halsted. text/html2016-04-05T14:25:17-00:00http://www.windycitytimes.comAndrew Davis, Windy City TimesWorld news: Singer dies, couple released, 'RuPaul' expandshttp://windycitymediagroup.com/lgbt/World-news-Singer-dies-couple-released-RuPaul-expands/54807.html
text/html2016-03-30T14:04:37-00:00http://www.windycitytimes.comAIDS czar steps down from posthttp://windycitymediagroup.com/lgbt/AIDS-czar-steps-down-from-post/54771.html
Douglas Brooks&#151;the first openly gay, HIV-positive, African-American man to be named the head of the White House's Office of National AIDS Policy ONAP &#151;stepped down from the position March 24.text/html2016-03-30T14:00:39-00:00http://www.windycitytimes.comMatt SimonetteClinical trial addresses HIV and cardiovascular riskshttp://windycitymediagroup.com/lgbt/Clinical-trial-addresses-HIV-and-cardiovascular-risks/54770.html
Researchers at two area universities are among those participating in a nationwide clinical trial focused on HIV-related cardiovascular disease.text/html2016-03-30T12:00:15-00:00http://www.windycitytimes.comExhibit spotlights women and HIV/AIDShttp://windycitymediagroup.com/lgbt/Exhibit-spotlights-women-and-HIV-AIDS/54750.html
The University of Illinois at Chicago is presenting &#34;In Plain Sight: A Women's History of HIV/AIDS in Chicago,&#34; an exhibition featuring oral histories, photos, documents and hand-written stories from Chicago women living with HIV.text/html2016-03-25T19:30:10-00:00http://www.windycitytimes.comMatthew SimonetteCORE Center awarded grant for HIV-patient assistancehttp://windycitymediagroup.com/lgbt/CORE-Center-awarded-grant-for-HIV-patient-assistance/54721.html
The Cook County Health & Hospital System's CCHHS Ruth M. Rothstein CORE Center has been awarded a two-year grant from the Chicago Community Trust's Rose Bernice Charitable Trust to support care coordination services for HIV-positive patients through CORE's Project CONNECT, according to a March 24 statement.text/html2016-03-23T03:16:58-00:00http://www.windycitytimes.comAFC, AIDS Institute announce more HIV medication coveragehttp://windycitymediagroup.com/lgbt/AFC-AIDS-Institute-announce-more-HIV-medication-coverage/54696.html
The AIDS Foundation of Chicago AFC and The AIDS Institute issued a joint press release stating that through their joint advocacy, national health insurance provider Ambetter Health has agreed to expand the list of medications it covers to include life-saving daily treatments for people living with HIV. text/html2016-03-23T03:08:08-00:00http://www.windycitytimes.comAdvocates call for Clinton to make HIV/AIDS a priorityhttp://windycitymediagroup.com/lgbt/Advocates-call-for-Clinton-to-make-HIV-AIDS-a-priority/54691.html
On the heels of presidential candidate Hillary Clinton's recent inaccurate statement at Nancy Reagan's funeral that the first lady and husband President Ronald Reagan started &#34;a national conversation&#34; about HIV/AIDS, a group of 70 HIV/AIDS advocates sent a letter to Clinton.text/html2016-03-22T23:48:50-00:00http://www.windycitytimes.comAndrew Davis, Windy City TimesWorld news: HIV study; action against Malawi; Gucci's policyhttp://windycitymediagroup.com/lgbt/World-news-HIV-study-action-against-Malawi-Guccis-policy/54659.html
In Scotland, a University of Glasgow study shows that gay men and other men who have sex with men MSM , including those believed to be at &#34;high risk,&#34; are not getting HIV tests frequently enough, Scotsman.com reported. The study found that while national guidelines suggest all MSM test annually for HIV and those &#34;at higher risk&#34; every three months, neither recommendation is being met. The research is the first to explore the frequency of HIV testing among MSM in the United Kingdom.text/html2016-03-22T13:24:00-00:00http://www.windycitytimes.comJanssen Inc. dedicates funding to HIV care for MSM of color, gender-nonconforminghttp://windycitymediagroup.com/lgbt/Janssen-Inc-dedicates-funding-to-HIV-care-for-MSM-of-color-gender-nonconforming/54651.html
TITUSVILLE, N.J., March 21, 2016 &mdash; Janssen today announced the recipients of funding from two special Requests for Applications RFA to encourage innovative models of care and support for two stigmatized groups living with HIV: young men who have sex with men MSM of color, and transgender women and gender-nonconforming individuals.text/html2016-03-13T22:04:34-00:00http://www.windycitytimes.comMatt SimonetteCriticisms follow Clinton comments on Reagans and AIDShttp://windycitymediagroup.com/lgbt/Criticisms-follow-Clinton-comments-on-Reagans-and-AIDS/54577.html
Activists, pundits and others were quick to decry March 11 comments by presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton suggesting that Ronald and Nancy Reagan were positive forces for change in the war against HIV/AIDS, despite well-documented historical evidence to the contrary.text/html2016-03-10T00:05:39-00:00http://www.windycitytimes.comUIC gets grant to expand HIV projecthttp://windycitymediagroup.com/lgbt/UIC-gets-grant-to-expand-HIV-project/54553.html
The University of Illinois at Chicago has received a grant in support of an oral history project featuring women's personal histories of living with HIV and AIDS in the United States.text/html2016-03-09T23:55:42-00:00http://www.windycitytimes.comMatt SimonetteAdvocates: HIV case should not cast doubt on PrEP effectivenesshttp://windycitymediagroup.com/lgbt/Advocates-HIV-case-should-not-cast-doubt-on-PrEP-effectiveness/54549.html
Researchers at the Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections CROI in Boston, on Feb. 26, reported that a Canadian man, who had been using the medication Truvada for pre-exposure prophylaxis, or PrEP, had been infected with HIV. It was the first reported case of an individual with full compliance to a Truvada for PrEP regimen getting HIV.text/html2016-03-02T14:03:49-00:00http://www.windycitytimes.comMatt SimonetteCDC: At current rate, 1 in 2 Black gay men could get HIV http://windycitymediagroup.com/lgbt/CDC-At-current-rate-1-in-2-Black-gay-men-could-get-HIV-/54463.html
Grave HIV projections from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention CDC emerged Feb. 23 at a presentation given at the Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections CROI in Boston. If current HIV diagnoses rates continue at the same levels, one in two Black men in the United States who have sex with men MSM will be diagnosed with HIV in their lifetime, as will one in four Latino MSM in the U.S., according to researchers.text/html2016-03-02T13:45:46-00:00http://www.windycitytimes.comUpcoming: 'Our Girls Matter' March 9; LGBTQ+ Youth in Schools March 4http://windycitymediagroup.com/lgbt/Upcoming-Our-Girls-Matter-March-9-LGBTQ-Youth-in-Schools-March-4/54457.html
In honor of National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day, AIDS Foundation of Chicago will hold &#34;Black Lives Matter: Our Girls Matter&#34; on Wed., March 9, at West Point Missionary Baptist Church, 3566 S. Cottage Grove Ave., 9 a.m.-3 p.m.text/html2016-02-27T20:23:56-00:00http://www.windycitytimes.comExhibition inspired by Chicago women's HIV stories http://windycitymediagroup.com/lgbt/Exhibition-inspired-by-Chicago-womens-HIV-stories-/54407.html
The University of Illinois at Chicago presents In Plain Sight: A Women's History of HIV/AIDS in Chicago, an exhibition featuring oral histories, photos, documents and hand-written stories from Chicago women living with HIV.text/html2016-02-23T20:48:33-00:00http://www.windycitytimes.comMatt SimonetteCDC: MSM still at increased risk for HIV diagnoseshttp://windycitymediagroup.com/lgbt/CDC-MSM-still-at-increased-risk-for-HIV-diagnoses/54358.html
If current HIV diagnoses rates continue at the same levels, one in two Black men in the United States who have sex with men MSM will be diagnosed with HIV in their lifetime, as will one in four Latino MSM in the U.S., according to researchers.text/html2016-02-24T15:12:00-00:00http://www.windycitytimes.comAFC stages die-in at Illinois Statehousehttp://windycitymediagroup.com/lgbt/AFC-stages-die-in-at-Illinois-Statehouse/54392.html
The AIDS Foundation of Chicago AFC , on Feb. 17, held a 250-person rally and die-in at the Illinois Statehouse in response to Gov. Bruce Rauner's proposed cuts to HIV programs and social services in the new state budget.text/html2016-02-17T18:31:36-00:00http://www.windycitytimes.comHollendoner leaving for San Franciscohttp://windycitymediagroup.com/lgbt/Hollendoner-leaving-for-San-Francisco/54316.html
Joe Hollendoner, MSW&#151;who was most recently the first deputy commissioner of the Chicago Department of Public Health CDPH &#151;has been appointed CEO of San Francisco AIDS Foundation, effective May 2. text/html2016-02-17T16:07:01-00:00http://www.windycitytimes.comMatt SimonetteEvent celebrates #PrEP4Love launchhttp://windycitymediagroup.com/lgbt/Event-celebrates-PrEP4Love-launch/54311.html
About 75 community members gathered Feb. 8 as the Chicago PrEP Working Group celebrated the launch of its #PrEP4Love campaign with a reception at West Point Missionary Baptist Church, 3566 S. Cottage Grove Ave. text/html2016-02-11T16:25:10-00:00http://www.windycitytimes.comGreater Than AIDS series on YouTubehttp://windycitymediagroup.com/lgbt/Greater-Than-AIDS-series-on-YouTube/54253.html
This latest installment of the popular Greater Than AIDS YouTube series #AskTheHIVDoc is &#34;All about PrEP!&#34; Because HIV should never stand in the way of LOVE!text/html2016-02-10T11:06:26-00:00http://www.windycitytimes.comGretchen Rachel HammondHIV Care Connect reworks education on HIV, mental healthhttp://windycitymediagroup.com/lgbt/HIV-Care-Connect-reworks-education-on-HIV-mental-health/54238.html
Among the questions on Illinois HIV Care Connect's HIV and Mental Health Quiz is 'people living with HIV and a mental health condition have a more difficult time achieving viral suppression: True or False?&#34;text/html2016-02-08T15:53:34-00:00http://www.windycitytimes.comGretchen Rachel HammondBlack HIV/AIDS event addresses progress, challengeshttp://windycitymediagroup.com/lgbt/Black-HIV-AIDS-event-addresses-progress-challenges/54196.html
Ahead of National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day Feb. 7 , members of the West Side HIV/AIDS Resource Provider Council WHARP , U.S. Congressman. Danny K. Davis IL- 07 Sen. Jacqueline Y. Collins IL-16 and Rep. LaShawn K. Ford IL-08 joined representatives from the University of Illinois Hospital & Health Sciences System, The Illinois Department of Public Health, AIDS Foundation of Chicago, The Chicago Gay Black Men's Caucus, The Black Treatment Advocate Network BTAN and the Center on Halsted The Center in a Feb. 5 press conference at Chicago's Miles Square Health Clinic.text/html2016-02-04T16:37:51-00:00http://www.windycitytimes.comTPP signing undercuts U.S. commitment to LGBTQ equality, HIV/AIDS fighthttp://windycitymediagroup.com/lgbt/TPP-signing-undercuts-US-commitment-to-LGBTQ-equality-HIV-AIDS-fight/54179.html
Washington &#151; Today, in Auckland, New Zealand, US Trade Representative Michael Froman, along with his counterparts from other Trans-Pacific Partnership TPP countries, will sign the secretly negotiated trade deal despite numerous flaws, significant opposition, and an unclear path for passage in the US Congress. Pride at Work Executive Director, Jerame Davis, issued the following statement in response:text/html2016-02-03T16:00:33-00:00http://www.windycitytimes.comNat'l Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day marked with Red Ribbon Cash Scratch Off Ticket http://windycitymediagroup.com/lgbt/Natl-Black-HIV-AIDS-Awareness-Day-marked-with-Red-Ribbon-Cash-Scratch-Off-Ticket-/54173.html
February 1, 2016 CHICAGO, IL - In recognition of National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day, February 7, 2016, U.S. Congressman Danny K. Davis, IL 7th District, WHARP Westside HIV/AIDS Regional Planning Council and over 50 invited community leaders and nonprofit organizations join together to host their annual press conference at Mile Square Health Clinic on Friday, February 5, 2016. The press conference will announce the renewal of the Red Ribbon Cash Lottery Ticket SB 2397 , introduced by IL Senator Jacqueline Y. Collins, 16th Legislative District. 100% of the profits from the Red Ribbon Cash Lottery Tickets go towards the prevention and care for those fighting HIV/AIDS in Illinois. During the press conference a call to action urging all citizens to get tested to know their status for HIV, especially the African American community, which is disproportionality affected by the HIV epidemic. text/html2016-02-03T15:48:08-00:00http://www.windycitytimes.com'PrEP4Love' campaign launchedhttp://windycitymediagroup.com/lgbt/PrEP4Love-campaign-launched/54169.html
The Chicago PrEP Working Group CPWG launched PrEP4Love, a citywide, sex-positive media campaign designed to increase awareness of PrEP pre-exposure prophylaxis , a daily HIV prevention pill for HIV-negative people.text/html2016-01-28T21:35:39-00:00http://www.windycitytimes.comPresidential candidates answer survey on plans to end HIV and AIDS epidemichttp://windycitymediagroup.com/lgbt/Presidential-candidates-answer-survey-on-plans-to-end-HIV-and-AIDS-epidemic/54116.html
New York, NY: Gay Men's Health Crisis GMHC - the world's first and leading HIV and AIDS service organization - sent all of the candidates running for president a survey asking about their plans to end the HIV and AIDS epidemic on December 3, 2015. The purpose of the survey was not to endorse a candidate, but rather to ask to hear each candidates' polices on ending the epidemic and giving each of them equal opportunity to communicate these positions on HIV and AIDS to the public.text/html2016-01-25T16:47:50-00:00http://www.windycitytimes.comMatt SimonetteCreating Change plenary addresses HIV/AIDS in trans women, Black men http://windycitymediagroup.com/lgbt/Creating-Change-plenary-addresses-HIV-AIDS-in-trans-women-Black-men-/54059.html
Health officials and advocates discussed the successes and gaps in prevention and treatment of HIV/AIDS at a plenary talk at the 2016 Creating Change conference Jan. 23.text/html2016-01-20T09:57:21-00:00http://www.windycitytimes.comDoors open at Chicago House eventhttp://windycitymediagroup.com/lgbt/Doors-open-at-Chicago-House-event/53996.html
Chicago House and Social Service Agency continually opens the door for people stricken by poverty, homelessness, and AIDS through providing housing, medical services, and legal help among other things. text/html2016-01-13T20:25:56-00:00http://www.windycitytimes.comProminent South African jurist, AIDS policy activist at Northwestern http://windycitymediagroup.com/lgbt/Prominent-South-African-jurist-AIDS-policy-activist-at-Northwestern-/53955.html
EVANSTON, Ill. &mdash; Edwin Cameron, one of South Africa's most prominent jurists and who stunned the public by revealing his HIV-positive status, will deliver two public lectures next week at Northwestern University.text/html2016-01-13T12:28:18-00:00http://www.windycitytimes.comChicagoans among 'Advocates to Watch'http://windycitymediagroup.com/lgbt/Chicagoans-among-Advocates-to-Watch/53946.html
Northwestern University pediatrics professor Robert Garofalo and Howard Brown Health Center youth counselor Cassie Warren are among the &#34;16 HIV Advocates to Watch in 2016.&#34; The list is generated each year by Mark S. King on his blog, MyFabulousDisease.com, and highlighted in Plus magazine.text/html2016-01-13T04:25:32-00:00http://www.windycitytimes.comAndrew Davis, Windy City TimesWorld: AIDS conference; Grindr and China; Estonia partnership lawhttp://windycitymediagroup.com/lgbt/World-AIDS-conference-Grindr-and-China-Estonia-partnership-law/53921.html
The 21st International AIDS Conference will take place in Durban, South Africa, on July 18-22&#151;and scholarships are available for the event, according to its website. The website says, &#34;The conference organizers are committed to doubling the number of scholarships for AIDS 2016 to make the conference even more accessible to people from resource-limited settings, researchers, young people, community activists and civil-society representatives.&#34; Financial awards, including media scholarships, are available at http://www.aids2016.org/Scholarships/Apply-for-a-scholarship.